Harry S. Truman Library Institute For National & Intl. Affairs
Harry S. Truman Library Institute For National & Intl. Affairs
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Mission
The Truman Library Institute’s mission is to bring the life and legacy of Harry S. Truman to bear on current and future generations through understanding of history, the presidency, domestic and foreign policy, and citizenship. In service to our mission we will: build the partnership between the Truman Library Institute and the Truman Presidential Museum and Library; expand and energize the community of donors, volunteers and scholars who support the Museum and Library through the Institute; preserve and broaden access among a wide range of audiences to the historical record of Harry S. Truman’s life, his presidency, and his example for American civic life; and, encourage relevant scholarship and educational projects.
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SEE SCHEDULE OEDUCATION:HARRY TRUMAN LEFT AMERICA AN ENDURING LEGACY, A LEGACY OF VALUES THAT INCLUDE RESPONSIBILITY, LEADERSHIP, DECISIVENESS AND A COMMITMENT TO THE DEMOCRATIC IDEALS THAT MAKE OUR NATION GREAT. HE HOPED THAT HIS LIBRARY WOULD GIVE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, "A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF THE PRESIDENCY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES." TO FULFILL THIS VISION, THE EDUCATION TEAM AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY HAS DEVELOPED A RANGE OF OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN PROVEN PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES DESIGNED TO MEET STATE AND NATIONAL ACADEMIC STANDARDS, AND SERVE AS THE STANDARD FOR OUR NATION'S PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES.TOTAL STUDENT/TEACHER PARTICIPATION DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR WAS 36,558 WITH AN ADDITIONAL 23,213 PARTICIPATING IN ONLINE PROGRAMS. MORE SPECIFICALLY: THE WHITE HOUSE DECISION CENTER - THIS PROGRAM GIVES STUDENTS AN EXTENDED, IMMERSIVE, AND INSPIRATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT ONE OF KANSAS CITY'S ICONIC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING THEM WITH A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT STRENGTHENS MANY CORE SKILLS. INSPIRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EDUCATORS, THIS HANDS-ON HISTORY LAB IS THE TRUMAN LIBRARY'S FLAGSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES NATIONWIDE. THE WHITE HOUSE DECISION CENTER'S SIMULATIONS IMMERSE STUDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, THE PRESIDENCY, AND HIGH-STAKES DECISION MAKING IN A TRULY UNIQUE SETTING - A RECREATION OF THE TRUMAN-ERA WEST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE. TEACHERS HAVE DESCRIBED IT AS ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN THEIR STUDENTS' ACADEMIC CAREERS. 5,303 STUDENTS AND ADULTS PARTICIPATED IN THE WHITE HOUSE DECISION CENTER DURING THE FY19 PERIOD (MORE THAN 100,000 SINCE 2001). COMMUNITY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS - THE TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE WITH ACCESS TO THE TRUMAN LIBRARY. OVER THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS, OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND HAS ALLOWED NEARLY 65,000 STUDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO VISIT AND EXPERIENCE THE TRUMAN LIBRARY'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS AT MINIMAL OR NO COST. DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, 9,267 STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM. GRANT SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS CAN BE USED TO COVER MUSEUM ADMISSIONS, WHITE HOUSE DECISION CENTER FEES, BUS TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHER COSTS. GUIDED MUSEUM TOURS - THESE DOCENT-LED TOURS ARE OFFERED TO GRADES 4-12 AND INCLUDE A REPLICA OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S OVAL OFFICE, THE PRESIDENTIAL YEARS EXHIBITION, INTERACTIVE DECISION THEATERS, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES IN THE HARRY S. TRUMAN'S LIFE AND TIMES GALLERY, THE GRAVE SITES OF PRESIDENT AND MRS. TRUMAN, PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S WORKING OFFICE, AND TRAVELING AND SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS. DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, 10,386 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE TRUMAN LIBRARY'S MUSEUM TOUR PROGRAM. NATIONAL HISTORY DAY - EACH YEAR, THE TRUMAN LIBRARY ORGANIZES AND HOSTS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION. ON MARCH 2, 2019, 380 STUDENTS COMPETED IN THIS REGIONAL EVENT. OF THESE, 17 STUDENTS THAT COMPETED AT THE MISSOURI STATE LEVEL WENT ON TO COMPETE IN THE NATIONAL FINALS. 16TH ANNUAL SUMMER TEACHER CONFERENCE - "PRESIDENTIAL POWER." FORTY-EIGHT TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION ATTENDED A WEEK-LONG EDUCATORS' CONFERENCE AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY JULY 15-19, 2019. CURRICULUM MATERIALS BASED ON THE CONFERENCE WERE DEVELOPED FOR USE IN THE CLASSROOM AND POSTED ON THE TRUMAN LIBRARY'S WEBSITE. TO DATE, APPROXIMATLEY 410 LESSON PLANS HAVE BEEN POSTED ONLINE. READING LIKE A HISTORIAN THIRD GRADE PROGRAM - THIS IS A MUSEUM-BASED, TRUMAN-FOCUSED, AND FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS INVESTIGATE THE TRUMAN LIBRARY MUSEUM'S EXHIBITS AS THEY STUDY THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNEMENT. THEIR FOCUS IN THE MUSEUM IS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE PRESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND HARRY TRUMAN'S EXPERIENCES AND CHARACTER TRAITS LEADING UP TO, AND DURING, HIS PRESIDENCY. DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, 1,387 THIRD-GRADERS FROM NINETEEN INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. READING LIKE A HISTORIAN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM - IS AN IN-CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN A MUSEUM-BASED EXPERIENCE. TEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM THE INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE IMMERSED IN AN INTENSIVE WEEK OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. TEACHERS ARE PROVIDED WITH ACCESS TO EXPERTS IN THE SUBJECT AREA AND ARCHIVISTS TO ASSIST WITH CONTENT AND RESOURCES. ULTIMATELY, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH A TRUMAN CURRICULUM, COMPLETE INVESTIGATIVE UNITS, LESSON PLANS, AND RESOURCES. EACH UNIT IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING AND INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS AND USES PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS FROM THE TRUMAN LIBRARY TO TEACH THEM ABOUT HISTORY AND PRESIDENT TRUMAN. ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES PROVIDED TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS INCLUDE CURRICULUM GUIDES, MEDIA LENDING LIBRARY, CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS, PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA CONTEST, TRUMAN FOOTLOCKER, EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS, AND AN OPEN HOUSE. GRANTS AND AWARDS PROGRAM - RESEARCH GRANTS AND HULSTON SCHOLARSHIPS ARE ESSENTIAL TO STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT FIND IT FINANCIALLY DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL TO THE TRUMAN LIBRARY TO CONDUCT THEIR RESEARCH. DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIPS ALLOW GRADUATE STUDENTS TIME AWAY FROM TEACHING TO COMPLETE THEIR MANUSCRIPTS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2019, THE INSTITUTE AWARDED TWENTY RESEARCH GRANTS, ONE JOHN K. HULSTON SCHOLARSHIP, AND ONE DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIP. A TOTAL OF $68,127 WAS EXPENDED THIS FISCAL YEAR ON THE GRANTS AND AWARDS PROGRAM.DIGITAL ARCHIVES 2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS: - 2,648 PAGES, 41 BOXES FROM TRUMAN'S POST-PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS WERE PROCESSED.- 125 DOCUMENTS WERE SCANNED FOR KOREAN WAR EXHIBIT RESEARCH- 31 PHOTOS WERE SCANNED FROM HARRY TRUMAN'S 1948 NEW YORK CAMPAIGN AND HIS 1949 INAUGURATION. 27 OF THESE WERE DESCRIBED. - 1,626 PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF 243 OF TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS; 79 SCANNED; 1,572 PHOTOS SHOPPED AND MOVED TO THE CLOUD.- 1,642 INVENTORY ENTRIES ADDED TO THE TMS DATABASE.TRUMANLIBRARY.GOV: DURING THE FY19 PERIOD, THIS WEBSITE WAS MIGRATED INTO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION'S NEW CENTRAL PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SERVER SYSTEM. IT CONTINUES TO BE A RICH ONLINE ARCHIVAL RESOURCE FOR RESEARCHERS, HISTORIANS, AUTHORS, STUDENTS, AND EDUCATORS WORLDWIDE. DURING FY19, WEBSITE PAGEVIEWS TOTALED 1,351,894.TRUMANLIBRARYINSTITUTE.ORG: VISUALLY STUNNING, THE INSTITUTE'S WEBSITE WAS DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION'S TRUMANLIBRARY.GOV WEBSITE. DURING FY19, THIS WEBSITE HAD 135,662 PAGE VIEWS, 65,166 VISITORS, 71,372 TOTAL SESSIONS.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is outlined in the filing as “The harry s. truman library institute, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, is dedicated to the preservation, advancement, and outreach activities of the harry s. truman library and museum, one of our nation's 14 presidential libraries overseen by the national archives and records administration. together with its public partner, the truman library institute preserves the enduring legacy of america's 33rd president to enrich the public's understanding of history, the presidency, public policy, and citizenship. the institute provides funding and support for the harry s. truman library and museum's exhibitions, education programs, conferences, forums and other public outreach programs.”.
When discussing its operations, they were defined as: “To preserve and promote the enduring legacy of harry s. truman, america's 33rd president.”.
- The state where the non-profit operates has been legally reported as MO.
- The filing indicates that the non-profit's address in 2020 is located at 5151 TROOST AVENUE NO 300, KANSAS CITY, MO, 64110.
- The non-profit has reported 12 employees on their form as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $868,755.
- The organization has 31 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1957.
- The organization pays $919,199 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,100,012 in fundraising expenses.
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